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Hen review – plucky chicken beats the odds in weirdly uplifting survival story
In a feat of cinematic mystery and skill György Pálfi coaxes a tour de force from his poultry cast in this parable of animal and human interrelations Hungarian film director György Pálfi has long been a one-off talent: a surrealist-formalist of sorts who is equally comfortable making a romantic film comprised of hundreds of clips from other movies (Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen), a sick-puppy black comedy about a taxidermist who adores cats ( Taxidermia ), and a near-silent, portrait of sinister village life in which one character has permanent hiccups ( Hukkle ). By comparison, his latest, Hen is practically mainstream. That is really saying something given it’s a film whose main character is a black-brown hen (played by about eight poultry thespians and not CGI) who quizzically observes a world where humans treat each other like, well, animals. Comparisons have inevitably been made t
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According to The Guardian’s source item, Hen review – plucky chicken beats the odds in weirdly uplifting survival story, In a feat of cinematic mystery and skill György Pálfi coaxes a tour de force from his poultry cast in this parable of animal and human interrelations Hungarian film director György Pálfi has long been a one-off talent: a surrealist-formalist of sorts who is equally comfortable making a romantic film comprised of hundreds of clips from other movies (Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen), a sick-puppy black comedy about a taxidermist who adores cats ( Taxidermia ), and a near-silent, portrait of sinister village life in which one character has permanent hiccups ( Hukkle ). By comparison, his latest, Hen is practically mainstream. That is really saying something given it’s a film whose main character is a black-brown hen (played by about eight poultry thespians and not CGI) who quizzically observes a world where humans treat each other like, well, animals. Comparisons have inevitably been made t
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- Hen review – plucky chicken beats the odds in weirdly uplifting survival storyThe Guardian - 2026-05-21T08:00:05+00:00
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